Discouraging floaters!!!

Flop floaters tilt me more than any other type of player....I mean someone who always seem to get just a little piece of the flop and always has to see a turn....whatever happened to good credit and giving up?!@? Cbetting the flop heads up in position has become auto for me and raises I am just leaking money here and worse is when I try to change and lose track of when to and when not to.....anyone else with this problem and tips on playing these situations better.

Stop cbetting so much or dbl-barrel more. Especially dbl/trpl-barrel if you know someone is floating.

+1 ^ double barrel more! I find a lot of players will call my cbets just because my cb% is high. More often then not if you fire two bullets well at 25nl at least players will finally give up middle/bottom pair etc

The days of being able to Cbet 90% of flops and winning most of them are over.....

This isn't 2005, and people have HUDs that can instantly tell them your Cbetting freq etc....plus, people are just more aware of ranges and what type of flop texture will hit a raiser in XYZ position.

Stop Cbetting too much....and get sizing right so you can dbl barrel without putting tonnes of chips in.

Also, hand reading will help you understand which turns/textures can be double barreled properly.

If you c-bet all the time it makes sense for people to float you often. You gotta be less predictable. I agree with the advice about c-bettting less and barreling more.

Thank you great post was thinking about this same issue...great advice thanks

EDIT: awhile ago I came across this article about dbl and trpl barrelling I will see if I can dig up might help in this thread any others...it broke down flop texture when to and when not to...

come over the top if you got a tell. Most of the time when they bet fast they bluff when they bet slow they got something, but I say check call if you don't flop a monster and have aces and the board doesn't hit a straight or flush

xmarus91 said:

come over the top if you got a tell.

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How do you come over the top when someones floating you?

Hmmm, I am a fish and may be way off but I c-bet not to get people to fold but to make more money when I flop the joint. What I mean is if I raise and c-bet almost all the time when I hit I will be more likely to get called if the other players are paying attention. Again, I am learning this game so it's just a thought. Good luck.

Flsnookman said:

Hmmm, I am a fish and may be way off but I c-bet not to get people to fold but to make more money when I flop the joint. What I mean is if I raise and c-bet almost all the time when I hit I will be more likely to get called if the other players are paying attention. Again, I am learning this game so it's just a thought. Good luck.

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Well this is why a high c-bet percentage works because we get paid more when we do hit but there is a fine balance because if you just auto c-bet no matter the board texture than you will actually lose more money when you don't hit than the money you make when you do.

Finding that fine line of when to c-bet and when not to is part of the "art" of poker. Opponents f2cb stat can help once you have enough hands on them.

AugustWest said:

Finding that fine line of when to c-bet and when not to is part of the "art" of poker. Opponents f2cb stat can help once you have enough hands on them.

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I play at bovada and there are no stats

try double barrel, or triple barrel.

this will force him to think about floating.

I think bet sizing might hold the key here...I had been so caught up about bad flop situations that my preflop betting was outta control and that forced every future bet to be higher and more costly if I got floated.

I have found that betting pot or near the pot works better on bovada than my normal 2/3 pot c-bet. I suspect it is all the gamblers that play there. I also reduce my open raising range there to TT+ AJs+, AQ and AK unless 1st in- in late position, where I add 22+ 56s+ and JT+Also, c-bet more in position and in heads up pots than out of position or vs multiple callers. Vs "playas" I like to check raise out of position instead of c-betting. If you do this be sure you have a good hand, or strong draw as back-up.